Deck 4: Planning a Research Project and Developing Research Questions

Question 1

You should follow the guidance of this book and not of your institution in doing your dissertation.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Starting your research project early is considered good practice.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is the role of a project supervisor?

A) To write the project with the student
B) To provide harsh criticism of the student's project
C) To advise and guide the student in their project
D) To provide instructions to the student as to what they need to do in their project

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A Gantt chart can be used to keep track of your research project

Question 5

The type of research questions will depend upon which assumptions made about the social world to be studied. Please select all that apply.

A) Ontological
B) Forensic
C) Epistemological
D) Methodological

Question 6

A research question does not necessarily have to end with a question mark.

Question 7

In considering a research area for your dissertation, you should completely discount personal experiences.

Question 8

A hypothesis is the same as a research question.

Question 9

Which of the following are criteria that research questions for a dissertation or project should meet? Please select all that apply.

A) Questions should be relevant to managers
B) Questions should be researchable
C) Questions should be broad
D) Questions should be neither too broad nor too narrow

Question 10

Supervisors are not permitted to help students develop their research questions.

Question 11

Planning research projects is not necessary as they are impossible to plan.

Question 12

Your level of interest in the topic isn't important, what's more important is that the topic is of interest to your supervisor.

Question 13

You should leave all of the writing until the end of the project when you are ready to write it all up.

Question 14

You shouldn't pre-commit to one idea, approach, research design, or data source to the exclusion of other possibilities.

Question 15

Following the advice in this book is more important than making your own choices in relation to your research project.